Bulgaria’s smoking ban costing state coffers close to 230M leva, restaurant owners claim
In the face of a flat refusal by Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Health Minister and the governing party to consider easing
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Day: October 8, 2012
Three Road Infrastructure Agency officials arrested on bribery charges released on 25 000 leva bail
Three employees of Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency arrested late last week on charges ranging from abuse of influence to influence
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John Travolta arrives in Bulgaria for filming of the Killing Season
Hollywood star John Travolta arrived at Sofia Airport on October 8 to head for Nu Boyana studios and his role
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Teachers’ salaries in Bulgaria to rise about 5% from January 1 – Education Minister
Salaries of teachers in Bulgaria will increase by about five per cent from January 1 2012, Education Minister Sergei Ignatov
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Archaeology: Europe’s ‘oldest town’ found near Bulgaria’s Varna, professor says
Europe’s oldest urban settlement is near Provadia, a town of about 13 000 people about 40km inland from Bulgaria’s Black
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No chance of UK bringing back visas for Bulgarians and Romanians, Bulgarian FM Mladenov says
There is no chance of the United Kingdom bringing back visa requirements for Bulgarians and Romanians, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai
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Restaurant Review: Kohinoor
We were in central Sofia one afternoon with friends from England – our seven-year old-daughter in tow – when we
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Ukraine draft law banning homosexual references violates freedom of expression, UN says
A new draft law criminalising any reference to homosexuality in the media or public domain violates Ukraine’s commitment to freedom
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Germany’s Merkel to visit Greece on October 9
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will visit Athens next week, her first visit to debt-ridden Greece since the three-year
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